Sentence examples for proposals regressive from inspiring English sources

Airlines call the proposals regressive.

Rob Manfred, the clubs' chief labor lawyer, called the proposal regressive and did not back off his assessment yesterday.

The presidential candidates advocating some version of a flat tax, however, denied that their proposals were regressive.

One note of dissent was struck by Stephen Burke, chief executive of charity United for All Ages, who said the proposals were regressive because richer families would benefit disproportionally from the cap.

Indeed, Democrats in swing states have often voted with them when the idea has been put to the test, for fear of being labelled tax-and-spend liberals.Mr Obama seems to be hoping that his Republican opponents, many of whom have put forward proposals for regressive flat taxes, for example, will take their coddling of the rich too far for most voters' tastes.

Policies regressive & stupid!

It all feels rather pleasantly regressive.

Now, in his second term in office, such proposals are still regressive, untenable and unlawful.

Some Republican proposals are so regressive they're almost comical, like the plan to repeal the estate tax, which only affects fortunes of more than $5 million and which White House adviser Gary Cohn reportedly said only "morons" pay.

The Conservatives' plan to scrap the act was a regressive proposal.

"Abolishing the cap would be an astonishingly regressive proposal and pander to those who wish to isolate pupils of their faith from wider society," the letter adds.